Buildings for Society

Buildings for Society  - TV series (2026)

Original title

Das gebaute Versprechen

Released

2/8/2026

Origin country

DE

Genre

Documentary

Production companies

ARTE, NDR, SCHNITTSTELLE Film und Video GmbH

Status

Returning series

Number of seasons

1

Number of episodes

3

Description

How can we build architectural environments that help children learn, provide dignity and protection to the most vulnerable, and help offenders rehabilitate? This series looks at new schools, prisons, and homeless shelters whose architects have used innovative techniques to create buildings that help society.

Сезони

Miniseries

Miniseries

3 серій

08/02/2026

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School Architecture

1. School Architecture

08/02/2026

How can architects build spaces where people coexist peacefully and feel good? This episode focuses on schools. In Austria, in Denmark, and in France newly built educational establishments with innovative architecture are transforming how children learn and how teachers teach.

Homeless Shelters

2. Homeless Shelters

15/02/2026

How can we build spaces for the most vulnerable in society? In Vienna, Frankfurt and Lyon, there are building projects that have been designed for homeless people to provide shelter, dignity, protection and community.

Prison Architecture

3. Prison Architecture

22/02/2026

How can we build environments which enclose without being punitive? A look at new prisons in Switzerland and Germany where architects have created light, welcoming spaces in order to aide the rehabilitation process.

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Buildings for Society - TV series (2026)